The secrets of steaming beef in a slow cooker

As you know, beef has a special density, so not everyone likes it, but in fact there are many simple recipes for how to cook it tasty and tender.The main assistant for a novice cook will be a slow cooker, thanks to which the meat reaches the necessary structure.

There are a few basic rules on how to steam beef properly. If you pick up the meat, then only dietary, that is, tenderloin or kidney edge. The thing is that it is in this part of the cow’s carcass that it contains the least fat, but there are beneficial fibers. Under the influence of high temperature, the meat becomes tasty and tender.

Before you start cooking the product, it must be well beaten off with a special hammer. This is the only way to reduce the cooking time, and at the same time achieve the softness of the pulp. As for spices, you can not take any, not all of them are suitable for beef, and some can even spoil its taste. It is best to have on hand:

• coriander;
• mustard;
• turmeric;
• black pepper;
• paprika.

However, if beef is cooked as part of a diet, then salt and seasonings should be minimized, as they arouse appetite. You can eat unnoticed much more than expected from the outset. You can please the guests with a delicious dish, if you marinate it a few hours before cooking meat. There are many options for what makes the marinade. The juice of lemon or kiwi fruit is considered the most universal, since they more actively affect the fibers, and also emphasize the aroma and taste of beef.

You can use pure lemon juice with seasonings for the marinade, and you can add a spoonful of mustard to them. It is better not to use vinegar, because it gives the meat a characteristic sourness.

The advantage of meat is that it fits almost any side dish. The easiest option is to boil the potatoes, sprinkle them with butter and add the chopped dill. For children, potato mash is more preferable, it is better digested and requires less effort when chewing. You can boil pasta or spaghetti, make them with butter or pour sour cream and garlic sauce. Cream and lemon peel are good for pasta, though, then the side dish will have a special flavor that not everyone likes.

As for cereals, then the choice is great. You can boil buckwheat and pour into it a grated boiled egg with fried onions and carrots. Similarly, the croup turns out more fragrant. Rice is good for beef, it can be either without anything, or flavored with the same roasting of vegetables.

Recipes cooking beef in a slow cooker a lot, from the hostess is only required to make the right choice. One of the most simple, but very tasty options will require to buy celery. Fry onion and celery in 1 tbsp. l olive oil over low heat until they begin to soften. On average, the process takes 5 minutes. Add grated carrots, bay leaf and thyme, stir fry for 2 minutes, mix. Using a blender, you can turn all this into a puree, but first pull out the lavrushka.

Fry the beef in a pan until it is well browned, then spread it on the foil, pour in the vegetable mixture. Salt and pepper to taste, put in the mode of creating steam.

In conclusion, you can add fresh herbs, but this should be done after the cooking mode for meat has ended. This is done so that the herbs give all their flavor to the dish. With fresh greens, beef should stand for about ten minutes.

You can make the meat differently, but using the same slow cooker.To prepare this dish, you will need to take a few tomatoes, meat, sour cream, cheese and garlic. You will need a roll of foil, which should be cut so that the pieces of beef can be completely wrapped. They cut the meat into pieces, cut the tomatoes into rings, and rub the cheese on a grater, preferably on a coarse one. Spread tomato on top of the meat and cover it with cheese, cover the foil.

In the process of cooking the vegetable will give juice, but if this is not enough, you can slightly grease the meat with mayonnaise. All convolutions are placed in a slow cooker, in a tank for steaming. If there is not enough space in one row, then lay on each other. Water is poured into the cup and steam is turned on. Cooking time is forty five minutes.

It so happens that whole pieces of meat do not like, but the cutlets are well eaten by both adults and children. Steam patties, especially from ground beef, are very useful and belong to dietary nutrition. Spicy taste will not leave guests indifferent. To prepare the cutlets you need fresh mince, you can take the tenderloin and make it yourself if you have a meat grinder.

In addition, onion should be on hand, one egg, a pair of garlic cloves, spices. If the stuffing is cooked on its own, then for its juiciness it is worth mincing onion through a meat grinder, if it is ready, then twist it separately and add it with pepper and salt. There also send finely chopped garlic, add an egg and a little sour cream.

Having moistened some hands in water, they form cutlets and spread them on a grid specially designed for this in a multicooker. The lower bowl is filled with water, set the same mode as in the last recipe. Cooking time 35 minutes. Many may be confused by a slightly pale color, but you need to remember that this dish is very healthy and low-calorie.

The recipe for cooking beef steamed, see below.